Innovative Mechanical Design

The unique mechanical design employed in SmartScope Flash/Flare 200, Flash 302, Quest 300, and Specialist 300 yields compact, metrologically stable benchtop systems with relatively large measuring ranges.

The precision of the measuring stage is ensured during every step of manufacture. Axial straightness and perpendicularity are machined in at the beginning, not adjusted out later. Camera alignment and lens parfocalization are permanently set at the factory, so system maintenance is reduced and calibration and certification are faster.

To minimize Abbe errors, drive systems and measuring scales are centered on each axis of travel, with minimum distance to the measuring plane. A unique twin column Z axis design features a separate measuring scale for each column, assuring the highest level of Z axis performance throughout the measuring volume.